McKinnon Park Secondary School
McKinnon Park Secondary School is a high school in the town of Caledonia, Ontario. It replaced Caledonia High School for the school year 1992/1993, which was converted into River Heights Public School. The school contains a gymnasium, cafeteria, workshop, library, day care centre, three science labs, twelve portables, an exercise room, music room, drama room, art room, guidance office, and five computer labs. There is a greenhouse in a courtyard located in the east quad. The surrounding grounds contain a baseball field, a soccer field and a football field with a track surrounding it. The fields are used by youth soccer teams during the sport seasons. The school is in close proximity to the new HCCC (arena)/library/Lions Hall and baseball diamond. It temporarily served as a home to the new population of River Heights Public School in fall 1991 while renovations and an expansion were created, it also held a "church" congregation as their "church" was being built. This was strange because MPSS is a public school. It is home to the SHSM (Specialist High Schools Major) program offering red seals (upon completion of the requirements) at graduation in hospitality, green industries, and construction. In the school year 2016–2017, all but two of the schools sports teams won their zones and progressed so SOSSA. Two of these teams (football and track and field) progressed to OFSSA.
| McKinnon Park Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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91 Haddington Street , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 43.063464°N 79.956415°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Tradition with Change |
| Founded | Early 1990s |
| School board | Grand Erie District School Board |
| Principal | Mrs. Krueger |
| Vice Principal | Mr. Burroughs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 900+ (October 30, 2009) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Caledonia, Ontario |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Blue Devil |
| Team name | Blue Devils |
| Website | www |
Due to the large number of Indigenous students attending the school, classes such as Cayuga language, native history, and native arts are offered. It also runs the Hockey Canada Skills Academy program at the HCCC during both semesters. There are three types of classes offered in the arts program: drama, music (including instrumental and guitar), and art (including visual art, media art, and photography). There are various communications, business and computer programming courses offered along with a full array of maths and sciences. As far as extracurricular clubs, there is the concert band, interact club, both general and executive students council (the executive attends OSLC every year), anime club, drama club, reach for the top, crime stoppers, yearbook, and many others. Sports teams include: lacrosse, badminton, cross country, hockey, basketball, volleyball, soccer, track and field, and tennis.
The 2018/2019 academic year saw over 900 students enrolled. The school is home to the largest Indigenous student body in the Grand Erie School District, at 29% or 260 students as of 2018/19. Most of these students come from the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River.[1]
See also
References
- "EDUCATION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR SIX NATIONS STUDENTS" (PDF). www.granderie.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2018.